Trump-Zelensky summit: The suit question, again  —  The White House asked Ukrainian officials if President Volodymyr Zelensky will wear a suit to his meeting with President Trump in the Oval Office on Monday, two sources with direct knowledge tell Axios.

Angry Trump Accidentally Blurts Out Unnerving New Plot to Rig Midterms  —  President Donald Trump raged at Democrats Monday for supposedly cheating in elections in a long and unhinged Truth Social rant—and buried in his tirade is a clear indication of how he hopes to corrupt the 2026 midterm elections …

Meet the Democrat That Republicans Fear in Red-State America  —  Rob Sand's campaign for Iowa governor could offer template for others in his party  —  DES MOINES, Iowa—Rob Sand could almost pass for a Republican: He frequently quotes the Bible, owns two SIG Sauer handguns …

MSNBC to Change Its Name—And Lose the Peacock Logo  —  The cable news network will adopt the new name MS NOW ahead of its spinoff from NBCUniversal  —  MSNBC is changing its name in its spinoff from Comcast's NBCUniversal.  —  The left-leaning cable network will rebrand as My Source News Opinion World …

Conservative network Newsmax agrees to pay $67M in defamation case over bogus 2020 election claims  —  The conservative network Newsmax will pay $67 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of defaming a voting equipment company by spreading lies about President Donald Trump's 2020 election loss, according to documents filed Monday.

TikTok Shop Sells Viral GPS Trackers Marketed to Stalkers  —  TikTok Shop is selling GPS trackers marketed with viral videos that have voiceovers explicitly encouraging secretly tracking a romantic partner.  Some of the videos have millions of views, and TikTok Shop's own metrics show …

What My Daughter Told ChatGPT Before She Took Her Life What My Daughter Told ChatGPT Before She Took Her Life  —  Sophie's Google searches suggest that she was obsessed with autokabalesis, which means jumping off a high place.  Autodefenestration, jumping out a window, is a subset of autokabalesis …

Inside the DNC's money problems … Major Democratic donors have withheld money this year amid skepticism about the party's direction, while the small-dollar donors who have long been a source of strength are not growing nearly enough to make up the gap.  And the party has quickly churned through …

America Is Giving Up a Lifesaving Medical Breakthrough: mRNA  —  In early 2020, when the first genetic sequence of the new coronavirus was posted online, scientists were ready.  Within hours, they began designing a vaccine.  Within weeks, clinical trials were underway.

The left gets a new publication  —  The Scoop  —  A group of left-leaning writers and journalists are starting a new publication on Monday aimed at arguing in favor of what liberalism is for, rather than just what it's against.  —  Jerusalem Demsas left The Atlantic in recent weeks to launch The Argument …

Why MAGA calls Trump “Daddy”  —  Yes, it's a weird sex thing.  But it also reveals secret insecurities  —  The MAGA movement is determined to make politics as disgusting as possible, destroying democracy one juvenile 4chan meme at a time.  It turns out that American fascism isn't just wrapped …

Ed Martin Confirms Ed Martin's Witch Hunt Against Elected Democrats  —  A lot of things happened.  Here are some of the things.  This is TPM's Morning Memo.  Sign up for the email version.  —  A Classic Example of Political Corruption  —  Ed Martin had no prior experience as a prosecutor …

As attorney general, William Barr personally investigated Jeffrey Epstein's death.  Now Congress has questions.  —  In the hours after convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein died in a Manhattan detention cell, then-U.S. Attorney General William Barr pledged to intervene personally to lead the investigation into Epstein's death.

Timeline of Jeffrey Epstein-Ghislaine Maxwell Law Enforcement Failures (1996-2025)  —  The Timeline below examines decades-long failures by federal law enforcement and oversight agencies—including the Department of Justice, the FBI, and the Department of the Treasury—in the handling …